penniless
penniless 英 [ˈpeniləs] 美 [ˈpɛnilɪs,ˈpɛnə-]
adj. 身无分文的；贫穷的
- Someone who's penniless is very poor — they barely have enough money to pay for basics like food and shelter. If you're penniless, it can be tempting to buy a lottery ticket — but your odds of winning are terrible.
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- adj. 身无分文的；贫穷的
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1. He is in reality penniless.
其实他身无分文。
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2. Food was provided for penniless but hungry travelers at the two or three daily feed-ins.
每天举行两三次施舍， 为身无分文的饥饿行人供应食物。
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3. This was how my father joined the long line of penniless and miserable Turkish intellectuals who had been walking the streets of Paris for a century already.
这样我父亲就加入了身无分文、悲惨的大军。 土耳其的知识分子在巴黎的街头巷尾游荡已经有一个世纪的历史了。
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